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USB with old printer
I'm trying to connect my elderly, but fully-functional, CanonBJ-10sx printer
to a new computer that came without a parallel port. I've purchased a parallel-USB cable and that connects fine. Plug-and-play worked. The drivers worked. However, the printer prints garbage. I put the printer into hex-dump mode, and it looks as though it is losing characters. (The file starts 1B 40 1B 74 ... and the printer showed 1B 40 74 ... etc. (using Epson emulation for historical reasons, but it's the same with Canon mode).) Presumably the USB connection is too fast. Googling, I haven't found anyone else having this problem. Does anyone have any ideas? (Windows XP Home SP3) Thanks, Steven |
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USB with old printer
You may be able to change the parallel protocol between the adapter and the
printer The printer you have is fairly slow, and may have handshake timeout problems. "Steven Gibbs" wrote in message ... I'm trying to connect my elderly, but fully-functional, CanonBJ-10sx printer to a new computer that came without a parallel port. I've purchased a parallel-USB cable and that connects fine. Plug-and-play worked. The drivers worked. However, the printer prints garbage. I put the printer into hex-dump mode, and it looks as though it is losing characters. (The file starts 1B 40 1B 74 ... and the printer showed 1B 40 74 ... etc. (using Epson emulation for historical reasons, but it's the same with Canon mode).) Presumably the USB connection is too fast. Googling, I haven't found anyone else having this problem. Does anyone have any ideas? (Windows XP Home SP3) Thanks, Steven |
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USB with old printer
when the USB to LPT cables first came out Canon made a statement that they
were not supported for many of their devices. Contact Canon and verify the classification of support for your device in this configuration. -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base he http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1 This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Chuck" wrote in message ... You may be able to change the parallel protocol between the adapter and the printer The printer you have is fairly slow, and may have handshake timeout problems. "Steven Gibbs" wrote in message ... I'm trying to connect my elderly, but fully-functional, CanonBJ-10sx printer to a new computer that came without a parallel port. I've purchased a parallel-USB cable and that connects fine. Plug-and-play worked. The drivers worked. However, the printer prints garbage. I put the printer into hex-dump mode, and it looks as though it is losing characters. (The file starts 1B 40 1B 74 ... and the printer showed 1B 40 74 ... etc. (using Epson emulation for historical reasons, but it's the same with Canon mode).) Presumably the USB connection is too fast. Googling, I haven't found anyone else having this problem. Does anyone have any ideas? (Windows XP Home SP3) Thanks, Steven |
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